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Jackanapes

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Noun

1. jackanapes, lightweight, whippersnapper

someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Jackanapes

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noun
1. 
a conceited impertinent person
2. 
a mischievous child
3. archaic
a monkey

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Jackanapes

see synonyms of jackanapes
noun
1.  Archaic
a monkey
2. 
a conceited, insolent, presumptuous fellow
3. 
a pert, mischievous child

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Jackanapes

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n.
1. A conceited or impudent person.
2. A mischievous child.
3. Archaic A monkey or an ape.

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